HOW old was Victoria when she became Queen? What year did John Logie Baird make the first TV broadcast? Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

These are just some of the questions people will be challenged to answer at a market stall.

The questions are from the "citizenship test" given to people who want to stay in the UK.

The stall, in Ulverston on Saturday (June 19), is part of Refugee Week, a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.

A spokesperson for organisers Ulverston Refugee Support - which has more than 860 members - said: "A lot of us have tried this test and no-one got full marks so many of us would be turned down if we were really applying for UK citizenship!"

Food given out at the stall will be provided by families from Syria now living in Furness who have escaped deaths and torture.

Some of them have begun to write the stories of what they have suffered and extracts will be on show and read out at the stall.

The refugee crisis is expected to get worse as the climate emergency accelerates.

At least 79.5 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Among them are nearly 26 million refugees, about half under 18.

"By 2050 the number of refugees is expected to increase to 140 million," said the spokesperson.

"The Arab Spring movement, which led to the Syrian conflict, was sparked by the high price of bread, caused by years of drought. There have also been conflicts over water.

"Just like the covid-19 crisis, the response has to be international - nobody is safe until everybody is safe.

"Meanwhile, If we turn our backs on refugees we lose our humanity."

"Home Secretary Priti Patel should rethink her heartless plan to restrict the ability of refugees to come to the UK even further.

"What we all need is a safe route for people to apply for refuge so they don't risk their lives on dinghies or under lorries to reach their families here."

Anyone who wants to help Syrian families living here is asked to go to the Facebook page Furness Refugee Support Volunteers.